How on Earth could I have missed this!? Back in June a wounded duck died in the care of the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Cordelia, California. Upon performing an X-ray of the wounded fowl, an uncanny image of an alien’s face appeared within the birds stomach, as if it had swallowed the little space traveler before he could make contact with the people of Earth! Naturally, what else could one do but place the original X-ray film on eBay! That’s exactly what the Bird Rescue Center did, with all proceeds from the sale going to fund their continuing efforts to rescue and rehabilitate wounded waterfowl and aquatic birds. The X-ray was purchased by online casino and purchasers of all things pertaining to wacky pop culture, GoldenPalace.com for $9600.

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Over at Flickr (where I’ve wasted my whole morning trying to retrieve a password from an old account thanks to their pile of crap system which has been integrated into Yahoo’s pile of crap system) I just noticed a brilliant photo of someone’s Star Trek memorabilia score. In the 80s, Flickr user “The Rocketeer” found a collection of business cards for some of the characters of the original Star Trek. From Captain Kirk to Cyrano Jones, there are nifty little quotes and everything attributed to each character. Would be a perfect gift for the Star Trek nerd in your family, if only they were still available.

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